[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 3-2017]
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
Any individual person permitted and/or hired to work by an
employer regardless of the number of hours worked and of the number
of persons the employer employs.
Any individual, partnership, association, firm, corporation,
limited-liability company, business trust, or any person or group
of persons employing or seeking to employ one or more employees in,
or having its principal place of business in, the City of Hometown.
The term "employer" does not mean or include: i) the government of
the United States or a corporation wholly owned by the government
of the United States; ii) an Indian tribe or a corporation wholly
owned by an Indian tribe; iii) the government of the state or any
agency or department thereof; or iv) units of local government.
Any and all applicable statutes and/or regulations of the
United States and State of Illinois, as amended from time to time.
(A)
Employers shall comply with all federal and state laws governing
the rate, eligibility, applicability, accrual, use or payment of/for
sick leave and minimum wage.
(B)
No employers shall have, or be obligated to adhere to, any additional
or greater obligations with respect to sick leave or minimum wage
than as required or established by federal and state law.
(C)
Any additional obligation with respect to sick leave or minimum wages
imposed by law (including Cook County ordinances), other than federal
and state law, upon any employer is hereby declared to be, and shall
be deemed to be, in conflict with this section, and shall have no
force, effect, or applicability to such employer.
(D)
Nothing in this section shall be deemed or interpreted as affecting
or preventing an employer from imposing upon itself any additional
or greater obligation with respect to sick leave or minimum wage voluntarily
or by contract.
